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Two days after the election, Trump claimed to have “a lot of evidence” of voter fraud, but so far there has been no evidence.
The US media determined that Democratic candidate Joe Biden on July 11 had reached the number of electoral votes necessary to become president-elect. Currently, their electoral votes and those of President Donald Trump are quite separate, 290 and 217 respectively.
However, Trump did not recognize this result and refused to admit defeat. “It is a decaying system. We have a lot of evidence,” Trump announced at the White House on November 5, criticizing Biden’s favorable election results.
The Trump campaign also fought a massive legal battle by filing a series of lawsuits in various states alleging widespread voter fraud.
In lawsuit in Montgomery County, PennsylvaniaThe Trump campaign charged election officials with 592 absentee ballots and illegal mail, which they thought should have been removed due to “mistakes.” At the Montgomery hearing on Nov. 10, a judge forced attorney Jonathan Goldstein on behalf of the Trump campaign to provide evidence of the fraudulent votes.
“I am asking a specific question and I want a specific answer. Are you alleging that there is a fraud involving these 592 approved votes? ”The judge asked.
“As far as I know, the answer is no,” replied attorney Goldstein.
United States President Donald Trump at the Veterans Day memorial service at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, on 11/11. Image: AFP.
A similar situation is happening in other courts in the states that Trump is fighting for. Trump’s attorney ordered Paul Diamond, another Pennsylvania judge, to stop counting votes, claiming that Republican observers were not allowed to witness the process.
However, when Judge Diamond again asked if the Republican observer was present in the room during the vote count, Trump’s attorney confirmed that there was a Republican representative in the process.
“So what’s your problem here?” Judge Diamond said, before dismissing the case.
Lawsuits filed by the Trump campaign in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan and Nevada have also failed. Trump’s ally claimed 10,000 people voted illegally in Nevada, where Biden won and got six electoral votes. However, the lawsuit filed with the court states only one case.
The biggest legal “Republican victory” took place in the key battlefield state of Pennsylvania, where the State Court of Appeals rejected the Secretary General’s decision allowing an extension of time to verify the nomination. tri mails ballots. However, the number of votes affected by this decision is considered too small to “change the color” of Pennsylvania from green to red, because Biden leads more than 50,000 votes in this state.
In addition to the lawsuits, Trump and his allies have filed other charges, but they are apparently not trustworthy enough.. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and Attorney General William Barr cited a federal postal worker who claimed that supervisors had falsified votes. However, according to a Washington Post source, the employee later admitted to investigators that the story was made up.
In the past half century, only three times have state election results changed after the recount, including running for the 1974 Senate in New Hampshire and for Governor of Washington State in 2004 and running for Senate in Minnesota in 2008. Candidates in these races have a difference of 355, 261 and 215 votes after Election Day.
Meanwhile, in states where Trump defies the law, the difference between him and Biden is too great.. As of 11/11, Biden led Trump by 20,540 votes in Wisconsin, 49,064 votes in Pennsylvania, 146,123 votes in Michigan, 12,614 votes in Arizona, 36,870 votes in Nevada, and 14,108 votes in Georgia.
To win, Trump had to prove systematic fraud, with illegal votes in the tens of thousands. However, until now, there has been no valid evidence for such accusations.
Trump’s chances of reversing his stance will shrink rapidly as states begin confirming election results before the deadline, in Georgia on November 20, then in Pennsylvania and Michigan on November 23. , Arizona November 30, Wisconsin and Nevada December 1.
At this time, parliament and state governors must certify the results of the elections, make a list of voters to send to the Senate for confirmation. Once the electoral roll is done, the path to suing Trump will be even more difficult. The opportunity to reverse the situation will end when the electoral college meets on December 14 to vote for the president.
Controversial elections in American history. Video: Washington Post.
Trump’s legal team is said to have discussed the possibility of filing a lawsuit aimed at preventing or delaying confirmation of state election results, a move that requires very compelling evidence from lawyers in the war. Trump’s translation has yet to be published.
Some people even hypothesized that Trump will persuade Republican-controlled state parliaments, including Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, to ignore the results of the state’s popular elections and appoint voters loyal to the president.
As a general rule, the state parliament is the place to make a list of voters that has been given by the winning candidate. This list will be signed and stamped by the state governor for submission to the United States Senate for certification. In theory, Trump could rely on parliament and the governor who supported him to create a completely different voters list.
In Republican states that control parliament and Democratic governors, including Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, they can present two parallel lists of voters to the Senate.
If Trump and his allies choose this option, chaos could ensue, leading to a deadlock in Congress, forcing the US Supreme Court to reach an agreement. However, that scenario is evaluated very far.
According to Karl Rove, a Republican strategist and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was right in saying that Trump “100% has the right” to take fraud allegations to court. But nevertheless, President’s efforts unlikely to change Biden’s victory in any state, and certainly not enough to change the bottom line, Rove said.
Republican supporters appear to have shown signs of trying to defuse tensions and avoid a possible constitutional crisis. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and James Lankford of Oklahoma said this week they support the initiation of a transfer of power process to Biden and his team, including the exchange of confidential reports that the Trump administration has yet to agree on. . Italy provides for the office of president-elect.
Rove argues that ending futile litigation efforts and closing this year’s election is a difficult but necessary step to restore America’s political unity and balance. “When the lawsuits are over, President Trump should do the job to unite the country, agreeing to a peaceful transition process and letting disagreements flow into the past,” Rove said. .
Gloss (According to the USA Today, WSJ)
